CNN The Situation Room July 1, 2013 22:35:00
Wasn't big enough and, you know, the fire just overtook them. >> reporter: the conditions were p perilous. the land bone dry. the winds whipping unpredictably. authorities believed the hot shots used a last-ditch survival tool, a fire shelter, an aluminum blanket to protect them from the flames and the heat, but it wasn't enough to save them. fire officials still are trying to figure out what went wrong. >> those gentlemen were in the position of protecting property, when something tragically took place that only mother nature might be able to explain, which caused them to become casualties. >...
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